Top-performing schools that add up to £636,000 to local house prices

Parents who want to secure a home close to the country's top performing state
secondary schools face additional costs of up to £636,132.

In 2015, house prices in the postal districts of the top 30 state schools in
England – defined as those secondary schools that achieved the best GCSE
results in 2014 – were on average £40,728 higher than in neighbouring
locations.

Research from Lloyds bank shows the postal districts of six of the 30 top
state schools command a house price premium of over £125,000 compared to
their surrounding locations.

Homes in the postal district of Beaconsfield High School have the largest
premium, with homes trading at £636,132 – or 186pc – above the average house
price in neighbouring areas.

Click through the gallery for the 10 state secondary schools that have pushed
house prices up by the greatest amount.